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Sir Minelli
524 posts
Joined September 2008
Topic Starter
Sir Minelli
I'm not sure if this was posted already or not. I couldn't find it on search.

Anyways it basically works like this:

When on multiplayer lobby, you check the current games that are being played. You right click the tab, and an option will appear saying: Spectate game.

You will then spectate the entire game, not just one single player. But every player and their respective scores.

This can be really nice for tournament purposes.


Edit: When you go to the spectate screen for example when on "head to head", only the cursor of the player that is currently in first place will appear. It WILL change if someone else takes the first place so...

You will have the option to click on a players score tab and the cursor will change to that player's instead.
If you do so, if someone else takes the first place, the cursor won't change to that player. You will have to click that players tab if you wish to see him.

This way we don't see the 8 cursors going all over the place.

For tag it works the same.

Works only for osu! standart.
Last edited by Sir Minelli , edited 3 times in total.
KawaiiLily
120 posts
Joined January 2009
KawaiiLily
Haha! That would be sweet.
I often just sit and wait in the MP lobby while others are playing. This way i can sit and WATCH! :D

+1 Support.
anonymous_old
0 posts
Here since the beginning
anonymous_old
I would prefer something like this:

Click one of the user avatar boxes (right click?) to bring up the standard user menu, which includes the spectate option.
Sir Minelli
524 posts
Joined September 2008
Topic Starter
Sir Minelli

strager wrote:

I would prefer something like this:

Click one of the user avatar boxes (right click?) to bring up the standard user menu, which includes the spectate option.

no, that takes away the "multiplayer spectate" that i want.

And about the right click... normal click works the same hehe. I keep saying right click just because im used to.
Kitty McWittles
141 posts
Joined September 2008
Kitty McWittles
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anonymous_old
0 posts
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anonymous_old

Sir Minelli wrote:

strager wrote:

I would prefer something like this:

Click one of the user avatar boxes (right click?) to bring up the standard user menu, which includes the spectate option.

no, that takes away the "multiplayer spectate" that i want.
That's the part I don't like. =]

I guess it'd be just annoying to see eight cursors going around at once. Spinners would be crazy, as well as sliders, and there'd be eight hits at slightly different times... Ew.
Sir Minelli
524 posts
Joined September 2008
Topic Starter
Sir Minelli

strager wrote:

Sir Minelli wrote:

strager wrote:

I would prefer something like this:

Click one of the user avatar boxes (right click?) to bring up the standard user menu, which includes the spectate option.

no, that takes away the "multiplayer spectate" that i want.
That's the part I don't like. =]

I guess it'd be just annoying to see eight cursors going around at once. Spinners would be crazy, as well as sliders, and there'd be eight hits at slightly different times... Ew.
Fixed that problem. You have a point. Recheck main post.
anonymous_old
0 posts
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anonymous_old

Sir Minelli wrote:

strager wrote:

I guess it'd be just annoying to see eight cursors going around at once. Spinners would be crazy, as well as sliders, and there'd be eight hits at slightly different times... Ew.
Fixed that problem. You have a point. Recheck main post.
With the amendments, I agree with this idea. Spectating tag-team games would be interesting.

One thing I disagree with is the 'auto-go-to-first-place-player' thing. I'm more for the 'click-the-user-in-the-scoreboard' thing.
Sir Minelli
524 posts
Joined September 2008
Topic Starter
Sir Minelli

strager wrote:

One thing I disagree with is the 'auto-go-to-first-place-player' thing. I'm more for the 'click-the-user-in-the-scoreboard' thing.
Well... if you start spectating an already started match, you need to start spectating someone... that will be the player currently in the first place. That's what i meant.
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
i dont think it is possible to spectate 1 game and then just instantly switch to another player inside the game due to latency differences. alltho it would be a cool idea and i would support this ^^

for instance, pings might differ 5 seconds sometimes, so if you would be switching between 2 people constantly it would mess up and repeat notes.
qlum
481 posts
Joined October 2008
qlum
i dont think it is possible to spectate 1 game and then just instantly switch to another player inside the game due to latency differences. alltho it would be a cool idea and i would support this ^^

for instance, pings might differ 5 seconds sometimes, so if you would be switching between 2 people constantly it would mess up and repeat notes.
5000 ms is extremely high and even if there is that much delay it's better than waiting for a game to end so support+1
anonymous_old
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anonymous_old

qlum wrote:

i dont think it is possible to spectate 1 game and then just instantly switch to another player inside the game due to latency differences. alltho it would be a cool idea and i would support this ^^

for instance, pings might differ 5 seconds sometimes, so if you would be switching between 2 people constantly it would mess up and repeat notes.
5000 ms is extremely high and even if there is that much delay it's better than waiting for a game to end so support+1
Indeed.

If you're getting lag and you don't like it, just don't switch. Spectate one person.
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi

strager wrote:

qlum wrote:

i dont think it is possible to spectate 1 game and then just instantly switch to another player inside the game due to latency differences. alltho it would be a cool idea and i would support this ^^

for instance, pings might differ 5 seconds sometimes, so if you would be switching between 2 people constantly it would mess up and repeat notes.
5000 ms is extremely high and even if there is that much delay it's better than waiting for a game to end so support+1
Indeed.

If you're getting lag and you don't like it, just don't switch. Spectate one person.
i didn't say i was against this, i was saying I DOUBT ITS POSSIBLE to do something like this because the internet latency is very high. also @strager, why would we need to add something like this if we only want to spectate one person? we can do that by pressing f9 and clicking spectate on that person. oh btw have you ever noticed how it buffers sometimes? i belive switching between players would cause it to buffer and make it useless anyway. "only the cursor of the player that is currently in first place will appear. It WILL change if someone else takes the first place so..."

since the internet latency is so high, the number 1 spot might change like every 2 seconds, and we would have to buffer constantly.

anyways i suggested something like this in another topic, and peppy said "Not possible until LAN play is implemented. Internet latency is far too high."

again with the latency, its very high. however those might be 2 completley different things.
anonymous_old
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anonymous_old

Gabi wrote:

i didn't say i was against this, i was saying I DOUBT ITS POSSIBLE to do something like this because the internet latency is very high.
I understand. I was just saying if you did experience lag and didn't like it, don't do the thing which initiates it!

Gabi wrote:

also @strager, why would we need to add something like this if we only want to spectate one person? we can do that by pressing f9 and clicking spectate on that person. oh btw have you ever noticed how it buffers sometimes? i belive switching between players would cause it to buffer and make it useless anyway. "only the cursor of the player that is currently in first place will appear. It WILL change if someone else takes the first place so..."
I was under the impression that you can choose who you want to spectate by clicking the name of the player on the left, where the score table is. Following first isn't such a good idea IMO. (See my posts above.)
Sir Minelli
524 posts
Joined September 2008
Topic Starter
Sir Minelli

strager wrote:

I was under the impression that you can choose who you want to spectate by clicking the name of the player on the left, where the score table is. Following first isn't such a good idea IMO. (See my posts above.)
Edited.
Torran
724 posts
Joined November 2008
Torran
Allow me to bump this. Also, Support~!

*bump*
DJNightmare
882 posts
Joined February 2009
DJNightmare
I SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because i always DC then very impatient lol Seeing people play is already good XD
Jeffro
680 posts
Joined October 2008
Jeffro
+Support, awesome for tournaments and stuff :D would love to know how its going on in some rooms :)
Matykocska
5 posts
Joined August 2010
Matykocska
+1, I also thought that this would be nice.
[Strike]
58 posts
Joined June 2009
[Strike]
support!
laport
1,239 posts
Joined June 2010
laport
+support
this would be awesome, you join a game that's in progress and you get to watch the game and everyone sees you are a spectator!
wailord2700
63 posts
Joined October 2009
wailord2700
support! we can know when the match will end as some songs are long and we do not know we need to wait till when
nate_old
28 posts
Joined September 2009
nate_old
Support because it is different than just spectating because you would see a live update of the scores. I think it would be much more interesting than just watching one person, and it seems easy to implement (since the 'spectate' option is already there, it would just mean juxtaposing the scoreboard and the spectate feature)
Shinigami_55
11 posts
Joined April 2010
Shinigami_55
i agree to this idead.. it would be a time consumer when we are waiting to games to finish.. like mentioned above.
+1
AdRon Zh3Ro
900 posts
Joined August 2009
AdRon Zh3Ro
Seems good.
Nekoroll
513 posts
Joined May 2010
Nekoroll
Support!

For when you don't have people to spectate since there are always games going on in Multiplayer and you just want to watch. I think it would be great for everybody and don't see anything wrong with a feature like this since it essentially makes the game more involved.
Lunah_old
Lunah_old
Support, a nice idea
Kaona
494 posts
Joined August 2010
Kaona
+Support

I've always wanted this :D
Grabby_old
7 posts
Joined November 2010
Grabby_old
+1

Would love to spectate multiplayer matches like that...
Especially if you're doing something else like eating and can't play :)
Powerdrone
464 posts
Joined October 2009
Powerdrone
SUPPORT
Miu Matsuoka
662 posts
Joined May 2008
Miu Matsuoka
definitely SUPPORT~
Turnyp
22 posts
Joined June 2010
Turnyp
I was actually thinking of suggesting a "split screen" effect for Multiplayer, but I realized the flaws, mostly related to ping issues.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
bump because

Being able to spectate multiple users in tournaments or just multiplayer rooms. Whatever works the best.
This could also bring up the multiplayer chat #multiplayer, or possibly a separate one.

So here's what I had in mind. You spectate anyone in a multiplayer game and you'll be able to spectate as if you were in the multiplayer game. Team vs with country vs country would be viewable and you'd be able to see which team is winning.

For the coming OWC and pretty much every other tournament. It'd bring more order and quality compared to live stream based tournaments.

What do you think?
jabberwockey
396 posts
Joined July 2011
jabberwockey
I want this so badly hhhh
ShiizuoXx
18 posts
Joined August 2011
ShiizuoXx
Definitely support this idea! :D
Tshemmp
1,405 posts
Joined June 2011
Tshemmp

theowest wrote:

This could also bring up the multiplayer chat #multiplayer
Better not for owc because I can already see the chat being spammed by koreans if Cookiezi is playing. I think the players should still have there own closed chat. So

theowest wrote:

a separate one
would be better. In this - let's call it #multispec - are all people who spectate one of the players in the room. This extra chat would be accesable for the players, too ofcourse.
QHideaki13
Global Moderator
457 posts
Joined March 2011
QHideaki13
I wholeheartedly agree... :D

EDIT:Also agree with the statements by Tshemmp...
DJKero
231 posts
Here since the beginning
DJKero
Support!
TheDragonXD
42 posts
Joined August 2012
TheDragonXD
Bump.

I honestly think this is a cool idea , you should also get the option to do the 8 cursors flying over the place. +1

P.S. this could work for all the other modes , sinse they could show like the names above/below the cursor if your doing the all players screen thing.

It would be nice instead of waiting.

This could also implement people being able when using the "free mods" to choose DoubleTime/HalfTime/Nightcore , then after you beat it before everyone else, you can spectate
Soner Wolf
72 posts
Joined September 2011
Soner Wolf
shut up and take all my stars I don't have!

+1
-libili
-libili

Gabi wrote:

i dont think it is possible to spectate 1 game and then just instantly switch to another player inside the game due to latency differences. alltho it would be a cool idea and i would support this ^^

for instance, pings might differ 5 seconds sometimes, so if you would be switching between 2 people constantly it would mess up and repeat notes.

so? sometimes they play on realtime as you can see the scores are going on 300th's at the same time when ur playingg on multi.

sometimes its right, ssomeone is delayed, but wwho cares if some notes are messsing up on changed player .. better than nothing or? :3
Bells
26 posts
Joined May 2012
Bells
I've seen this break up into many separate ideas in this thread.

What would be great would be to have it mimic what we see with the live stream of the OWC. Have all players displayed and actually see what they all doing simultaniously. If you then want to spectate a specific person, you click on their window and you spec them. If you want to go back to seeing all the players. You click a button and go back out.

I agree that a totally different spec chat would need to exist and the private rooms chat needs to remain. You can even add features to Multiplayer rooms where the players can set the room to private so they cannot be spectated.

There is actually so much you can do with this idea, I think its brilliant and if I knew how to get more stars I'd send them all in support of this thread
Plushies
94 posts
Joined January 2013
Plushies
I know this thread is a fossil but this is a great idea with much support and shouldn't be dead.
DJKero
231 posts
Here since the beginning
DJKero
Hell yeah. For Unnoficial Tournaments and Official too, this should be preeetty handy.
Dusk252
10 posts
Joined October 2012
Dusk252
Bumping this dead request because it's a fantastic idea overall. No need to explain why since all reasons are well stated above in the thread.
- Marco -
7,362 posts
Joined December 2011
- Marco -

Dusk252 wrote:

Bumping this dead request because it's a fantastic idea overall. No need to explain why since all reasons are well stated above in the thread.
I agree!
xasuma
The First Completionist
1,011 posts
Joined August 2013
xasuma
Bump!
Make this happen please.
This is a no brainer addition , and it was requested 6 years ago already. :(
Chirimu-Chan
Chirimu-Chan
There is already the "Tournament Client", which is able to spectate a whole room (with the correct configuration even 16 players at once). The thing is, its not public and the staff is not going to release it.
Xenocidel
10 posts
Joined July 2013
Xenocidel

Chirimu-Chan wrote:

There is already the "Tournament Client", which is able to spectate a whole room (with the correct configuration even 16 players at once). The thing is, its not public and the staff is not going to release it.
How about requesting access to the Tournament Client like how League of Legends does it, with Tournament Codes given out through application/request? Also, from what we've seen with OWC, spectating an entire room is really unreliable and laggy.
Green Platinum
2,660 posts
Joined July 2011
Green Platinum
I feel this should also come with an ability to abstain from playing for the round too. Allowing you to spectate but also not slowing the room down due to you being afk.
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